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Who Played Booker T. Washington in Ragtime

Booker T. Washington is a role in Ragtime, a musical that opened US Tour in 2015.

Ragtime is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in the United States in the early 20th century: African Americans, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; upper-class suburbanites, represented by Mother, the matriarch of a white upper-class family in New Rochelle, New York; and Eastern European immigrants, represented by Tateh, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia.

9 actors have played Booker T. Washington in Ragtime.

View full cast of Ragtime

Performer Production Opened
Duane Martin Foster Broadway Ragtime 1998
Leon Williams Broadway Ragtime 1998
Tommy Hollis Broadway Ragtime 1998
Eric Jordan Young Broadway Ragtime 2009
Sophia Nomvete West End Ragtime 2012
Jeffrey Johnson II US Tour Ragtime 2015
Rod Singleton Off-Broadway Ragtime 2016
Lawrence E Street Regional (US) Ragtime 2017
John Clay III Off-Broadway Ragtime 2024
John Clay III Broadway Ragtime 2025

Other Roles in Ragtime

Role Production Opened
Booker T. Washington US Tour Ragtime 2015
Coalhouse Walker Jr. US Tour Ragtime 2015
Emma Goldman US Tour Ragtime 2015
Ensemble US Tour Ragtime 2015
Evelyn Nesbit US Tour Ragtime 2015
Father US Tour Ragtime 2015
Grandfather US Tour Ragtime 2015
Harry Houdini US Tour Ragtime 2015
Henry Ford US Tour Ragtime 2015
JP Morgan US Tour Ragtime 2015
Mother US Tour Ragtime 2015
Sarah US Tour Ragtime 2015
Sarah's Friend US Tour Ragtime 2015
Tateh US Tour Ragtime 2015
The Little Boy US Tour Ragtime 2015
The Little Girl US Tour Ragtime 2015
Willie Conklin US Tour Ragtime 2015
Younger Brother US Tour Ragtime 2015

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